Doris Roberts Quotes
With my talent, I can make people laugh and give them another attitude about life. What a blessing that is for me.
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I get motivated by the fact people are following me, that they want a photo or say 'vamos' or 'Canelo.'
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Being the first to cross the finish line makes you a winner in only one phase of life. It's what you do after you cross the line that really counts.
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Cooking for people is an enormously significant expression of generosity and soulfulness, and entertaining is a way to be both generous and creative. You're sharing your life with people. Of course, it's also an expression of your own need for approval and applause. Nothing wrong with that.
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All of my favorite people - people I really trust - none of them were cool in their younger years.
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Some people think that religion is not essential to society. I do not hold this view. I consider the foundation of religion to be essential to the life and practices of a society.
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I was always very focused on how people dressed.
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Art is like breathing for me. If I don't do it, I start to choke.
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The most intense curiosity and excitement prevailed, and though the weather was uncertain, enormous masses of densely packed people lined the road, shouting and waving hats and handkerchiefs as we flew by them.
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The people who watch Fox are not going to watch CNN. You know, let's be honest.
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No government, no organisation, no citizen can afford to be less than vigilant in combating bigotry, intolerance and hatred. And frankly, our way of life depends on that vigilance.
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I sometimes joke, Paula, even paranoid people have enemies.
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I think people have to set up little battles. They have to demonize people whom they disagree with or feel threatened by. But it's the ideological framing of the debate that scares me.
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If someone saves your life, you develop a brotherhood, no matter what your race.
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It's kind of a catch-22 now because since the 'Da Vinci Code,' I have access to places and people that I didn't have access to before, so that's a lot of fun for somebody like me, but I'm always trying to keep a secret. I don't want people to know what I'm writing about.
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'Fallen Too Far' was my first NYT bestseller. That changed my life.
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Books that change you, even later in life, give you a kind of electrical shock as the world takes a different shape.
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They call people who love London 'Anglophiles' and people who love France 'Francophiles.' I'd be the New York version of that.
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Many people identify their sense of self with the problems they have, or think they have.
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Electoral contests have nothing but polls, which is why people have grown so obsessed with them; we're desperate for an objective rendering of what is happening and what may happen.
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The American people, intrenched in freedom at home, take their love for it with them wherever they go.
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When eating out while on tour, a great place to get vegetarian food is Thai restaurants, as they have lots of options. I absolutely adore salad and vegetables - I will eat salad until it's coming out of my ears. Although I think it's great in any form, my particular favourite has to be beetroot salad.
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Total falsehoods can be easily exposed for what they are by citing exceptions to their claims. Hence, they are less likely to be accepted as the total truth.
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As cynical as I can be, there's always a part of me that believes in love and the fairy tale.
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With my talent, I can make people laugh and give them another attitude about life. What a blessing that is for me.
